Flower Girls and Ring Bearer

Over Thanksgiving, my whole family got together to celebrate and catch-up. Scott and I decided this would be the perfect time to ask my little cousins to be a part of our wedding since it's not often that we are all together.

So, after asking their mommies for permission, I asked Lauren and Holly to be our flower girls and Craig to be our ring bearer. I'm not sure if they all understood what flower girl and ring bearer meant, but they sure were excited to eat the cookies I had baked them!
After a little explaining, Craig agreed to be our ring bearer, Lauren was very excited to be a flower girl, and Holly thought it would be fun, but wasn't sure "if they were coming or not". I love these kids...they crack me up. :)

I'm so excited to have Lauren, Holly, and Craig as a special part of our wedding!

Dress shopping

The time has come to start wedding dress shopping! While some people seem to find their dream dress right away, I continue to search for my dream dress. I have now been to 6 stores and tried on at least 50 dresses.


I'm finding that I like one part of one dress and another part of a different dress. There is one dress that I've tired on 4 times and seem to compare with every other dress I try on. I continually think about it...I think it may be the one. The only reservation I have about the dress is that I can't actually try it on in my size. So I have to trust that it will look good - something I am having a hard time doing. We'll see how it goes...I need to make my decision before the new year. :)

Thanksgiving Fun!

Scott and I were lucky enough to participate in 2 Thanksgiving dinners this year! The weekend before Thanksgiving we were invited to a Thanksgiving dinner with Friends. We used Scott's family recipe for yummy potato dumplings - they turned out amazing!

It was quiet a process. First, we boiled and peeled the potatoes.

Then we riced the potatoes before forming them into little balls. They were so yummy! :)


We spent Thanksgiving Day with my family on the family farm. I am thankful for such an amazing and wonderful family and the memories we make together.

Scott and I were also able to spend some quality time with my adorable, little cousin, Brett.